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Social Science in the Framework of Physicalist Encyclopedism: Some Anti-Reductionist Concerns Allayed

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Uebel, T. (2005). Social Science in the Framework of Physicalist Encyclopedism: Some Anti-Reductionist Concerns Allayed. In: Nemeth, E., Roudet, N. (eds) Paris — Wien. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts Wiener Kreis, vol 13. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-211-33320-7_12

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